My budget Oscar night

Sharon Colman, 28, from Dunbartonshire, is nominated for best animated short film for Badgered. Last week she called from her LA hotel room to give the lowdown on what it's really like to do the Oscars

You look from the airplane and Los Angeles appears so huge you think you're going to be swallowed up. Continental flew me out. I was in economy, but I didn't mind because it was so nice of them to give me the flight.

Since then, I've been with the other nominees in my category, touring the production companies for screenings and Q&A sessions. It's been fantastic.

I'm staying at the Wyndham Bel Age hotel (00 1 866 282 4560; www.belagehotel.com). Adobe gave me a grant recently, and I've blown the budget on the hotel (double rooms start at £102). It's lovely, it's got a balcony and the room is just huge - I suppose it's like a bedsit but really, really nice.

The Body Shop in Los Angeles has offered to do my make-up on the night, which is great because I won't use products tested on animals. And I think someone's going to do me a favour and be my stylist.

I haven't organised a car to get me to the ceremony. I think I'll probably just get a taxi ...